Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Ellen McIlwaine	(I Gotta) Ramble Just Like You	Ellen McIlwaine	02:48
Ellen McIlwaine	Come Sit Down and Tell Me	Everybody Needs It	02:44
Nelson* Riddle	Valley of the Swans	British Columbia Suite	04:07
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Theme from Canada	Love Serenade	04:20
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Stormy Weather	Amist the Black Eyes	04:30
Hopeton* Lewis	Story Book Children	Think Positive // Story Book Children	07:25
Aarons And Ackley*	Lay Me Down	ST	02:47
Oscar* McLollie	She's a Child	Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child	03:02
Zambonis*	Hockey Marlee	To Bleed Black and Gold	02:19
Ellen McIlwaine	It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels	Honky Tonk Angel	02:38
Albert Jones*	I Feel So Good	The Facts of Life	03:13
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Respect	You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)	02:50
Priscilla* Rollins	There Goes My Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	01:47
Buddy Knox	Rock-a-Billy Walk	ST	02:15
Jonathan Edwards	Evangelina	Sailboat	03:45
Ellen McIlwaine	Toe Hold	Honky Tonk Angel	04:32
Ursa Major*	In My Darkest Hour	ST	05:28
Ellen McIlwaine	Pinebo (My Story)	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:41
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Hard Hard Times	Shirley Lewis Show Band	01:31
Ellen McIlwaine	Wade in the Water	Honky Tonk Angel	04:55
Ernie* Smith	Time	To Behold Jah	04:28
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	I Need You	Amist the Black Eyes	02:35
Sidewinders	A Voyage	Flatfoot Hustlin'	01:06
David Amram	Song for Kenya	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	04:16
Ellen McIlwaine	We The People	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:23
Oscar* McLollie	Help Me Make It Through the Night	ST	03:28
Ellen McIlwaine	The Letter	Fear Itself	02:10
Alpha Centauri	I'm a Rebel	ST	03:37
Ellen McIlwaine	Jimmy Jean	We the People	02:56
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Like Some One In Love	And I Love Her	03:05
Mike* Ferro	Soldier In The Rain	Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain	03:20
Buddy Knox	Long Lonely Nights	ST (mono)	01:42
Ellen McIlwaine	Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:25
Priscilla* Rollins	I'm Sorry	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:37
Ellen McIlwaine	Love and Devotion	Ellen McIlwaine	03:51
Dils*	Red Rockers (Les rockers rouge)	Made In Canada	02:37
Priscilla* Rollins	Softer Moments	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	03:57
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Moanin	Shirley Lewis Show Band	05:46
Jack Holland	Get it Behind You Girl	The Eyes of a Dreamer	01:37
Matt Lucas*	Leave the Light On Baby	Matt Gets Blue	06:00
Oscar* McLollie	As Long As You Care at All	So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All	03:42
Jack Holland	You Don't Have to Love Me	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:13
Nelson* Riddle	The Okanagan	British Columbia Suite	02:32
Ellen McIlwaine	Steal Him Away	Ellen McIlwaine	03:12
Joe* Glazer	The Farmer is the Man	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	01:51
Cal* Bostic	There You Are	Introducing...	02:59
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Are You Confused	Love Serenade	03:23
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	A Cossack Beyond the Danube	Ukrainian Pops	02:42
Aarons And Ackley*	Girl I've Been Waiting	You And I	02:36
Tony McManus	The Maids of Mitchelstown	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	02:53
Happy Dolls	Bombie	Show Album No. 1	04:06
Buddy Knox	Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep	ST	02:20
Nelson* Riddle	Peace River	British Columbia Suite	02:47
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Halya Несе Галя Воду	Ukrainian Pops	01:56
Ellen McIlwaine	Weird of Hermiston	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	05:06
Ellen McIlwaine	Farther Along	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:45
Cal* Bostic	Somewhere My Love	Introducing...	02:35
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Green Power	Love Serenade	02:31
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Am I Blue	And I Love Her	04:25
Loni Gamble	Could it be Love	ST	07:05
Ellen McIlwaine	Jimmy Jean	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:59
Aarons And Ackley*	N.F.S.	You And I	02:18
Exponians	My Peaceful World	Wicked Woman My Peaceful World	05:05
Matt Lucas*	Vibrator Blues	Matt Gets Blue	04:10
Tony McManus	Inveran - The Devil in the Kitchen - Locheil's Away to France	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	03:49
Cal* Bostic	Just a Boy And Girl in Love (Doug Randle)	Introducing...	02:41
Matt Lucas*	The Peepin' Tom	Matt Gets Blue	03:21
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Boots	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	03:36
Zambonis*	Haunted Hockey Rink	To Bleed Black and Gold	01:09
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	I'm a Song	I'm a Song	04:24
Ellen McIlwaine	Cure My Blues	Everybody Needs It	04:14
Ellen McIlwaine	Billy Gene	Fear Itself	03:05
Bluebird*	Country Boy Blues	Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost	02:40
Buddy Knox	Rock Around the Clock	ST	01:53
Buddy Knox	Devil Woman	ST	02:07
Happy Dolls	Funky Stuff	Show Album No. 1	03:04
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	You Belong to Me	You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)	05:00
Cal* Bostic	Let It Be Me	Introducing...	02:44
Alpha Centauri	You Shot Me Down	ST	05:43
Zambonis*	Leave Your Stink at the Rink	To Bleed Black and Gold	00:44
Buddy Knox	Hula Love	ST	02:15
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	And I Love Her	And I Love Her	02:22
Country Mcdonald Joe*	Forward	War War War	04:42
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Till You're Loving Me Again	I'm a Song	03:34
Ellen McIlwaine	It's Growing	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:06
Happy Dolls	Shake Your Booty	Show Album No. 1	02:57
David Amram	The Mountain Song	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:15
Ernie* Smith	Oh But If I	Skareggae	03:25
Oscar* McLollie	The Way You Do the Things You Do	ST	02:45
Oscar* McLollie	Blues in Nova Scotia (Oscar McLollie)	ST	06:47
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down Low	Skareggae	03:09
Buddy Knox	That's Why I Cry	ST (mono)	02:00
Tony McManus	Donal Og - The Lea Rig	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	03:03
Albert Jones*	Every Little Thing That I Do	The Facts of Life	03:20
Ellen McIlwaine	Wings of a Horse	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:01
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Can't Eat	Shirley Lewis Show Band	04:18
Aarons And Ackley*	Take Me Home	ST	04:48
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	You're My Honey	I'm a Song	02:18
Cal* Bostic	Let Me Love You	Introducing...	03:03
Buddy Knox	Somebody Touched Me	ST (mono)	02:16

Honorary Canadians

Tracks

Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* - Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Ursa Major* - ST

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

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